Coral Adventurer passengers return with diverging accounts of cruise ship drama One passenger tells the ABC it was ‘chaos’ and she felt her life was in danger, but others shrug off the incident The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2025
No Christmas cheer for Cairns as 36ers extend NBL lead Nick Rakocevic has enjoyed his finest hour in the NBL, finishing with 19 points and second top-scorer behind Bryce Cotton in Adelaide's thumping of Cairns. AAP · Dec 24, 2025
Forget Bali Or Euro Summer This Australian Road Trip Is the Ultimate Holiday Forget Bali or Euro Summer because this road trip is the ultimate holiday to make your life feel like an actual movie. Pedestrian.tv · Dec 23, 2025
McVeigh enters 'dad mode' to lift Taipans over NZ Days after the birth of his first child, Jack McVeigh scored a career-high 47 points as the Cairns Taipans ended a long losing streak against New Zealand. AAP · Dec 19, 2025
Seven years after Toyah Cordingley’s murder, her killer’s sentencing brings Cairns a sense of ‘bittersweet relief’ Rajwinder Singh was set a non-parole period of 25 years for the ‘shocking, sickening and depraved’ crime The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2025
'Never forgiven': ex-nurse convicted of fatal stabbing A jury has found Rajwinder Singh guilty of murder at his retrial after he was accused of fatally stabbing Toyah Cordingley at a far-north Queensland beach. AAP · Dec 8, 2025
Investigators board Coral Adventurer cruise ship after passenger dies on remote Australian island Maritime authority officers investigating the death of Suzanne Rees, 80, board the ill-fated ship on its return to Cairns The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025
Passengers on ill-fated cruise ship flown home after Lizard Island death of 80-year-old The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continue The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2025
A luxury cruise ship stopped at a remote Australian island. Suzanne Rees was left behind and died alone Five hours after the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island without the 80-year-old, it turned back. Her body was found the next day, and her family want answers The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2025
Birthday-boy Goulding helps Melbourne crush Cairns Ricky Grace calls them the best team he's seen and Melbourne United showed why, keeping their undefeated record intact by demolishing the Taipans in Cairns. AAP · Oct 24, 2025
Perth Wildcats hit back to wallop Snakes in Cairns The Perth Wildcats have shaken off a couple of big NBL losses to thrash the Taipans in Cairns by 32 points. AAP · Oct 22, 2025
‘Those final few hours were brutal’: British duo end epic journey in Australia after rowing across Pacific Ocean Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne have set a new record with their five-and-a-half-month crossing from Lima to Cairns The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2025
McVeigh stars as Taipans beat Bullets in nail biter Cairns have overcome a controversial late referee decision to post a thrilling one-point win over Brisbane, with recruit Jack McVeigh the star of the show. AAP · Sep 26, 2025
Hawks star bounces back to form as Saints outclassed Injury-hit Hawthorn have hit their straps on a windy night in Cairns and proved too good for St Kilda, who didn't kick a goal until well into the last quarter. AAP · Sep 6, 2025
Euronews · Aug 31, 2025 The three Scottish brothers who set a world record for fastest Pacific row — in 139 days Jamie, Ewan, and Lachlan Maclean on Saturday completed the journey, arriving in Cairns, Australia, after rowing over 14,000 kilometres nonstop from Peru, becoming the first team to achieve the full crossing from South America to Australia.
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025 Mark Wahlberg video calls MacLean Brothers as they finish record breaking row Mark Wahlberg called brothers Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan MacLean as the pulled into Cairns harbour to congratulate them on finishing their record breaking row across the Pacific Ocean.
Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2025 Scottish brothers set new world record for Pacific row Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean arrived in the Australian city of Cairns on Saturday.
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025 Scottish brothers smash world record for 139-day Pacific row Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean arrived in Cairns, Australia, on Saturday
AAP · Aug 20, 2025 Zampa reprimanded in crushing ODI defeat to Proteas Legspinner Adam Zampa has been sanctioned for breaching the ICC's code of conduct during Australia's heavy opening ODI loss to South Africa in Cairns.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2025 South Africa beat Australia by 98 runs in first men’s one-day international – as it happened A Keshav Maharaj five-for was the difference as Australia stumbled from 60-0 to 89-6 in 98-run defeat against South Africa in Cairns
AAP · Aug 18, 2025 Dewald and dew a potential Aussie headache in ODIs Fresh from winning the T20 series 2-1, Australia are aiming to make a fast start against South Africa in their ODI opener in Cairns on Tuesday.
AAP · Aug 16, 2025 Maxwell the hero as Aussies win with one ball to spare A chaotic beamer from Kagiso Rabada proved costly for South Africa as Australia posted a thrilling two-wicket T20 win over South Africa with one ball to spare.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2025 Australia beat South Africa in third men’s T20 international – as it happened The hosts clinched victory in the in the T20I series decider at Cazalys Stadium in Cairns
The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2025 Australia’s largest private hospital operator to close majority of psychology clinics to be ‘flexible, sustainable’ Seventeen of Ramsay Health Care’s 20 clinics will close by the end of August, with only Cairns, Charlestown and Joondalup to remain operating
AAP · Jun 25, 2025 Paro pulverises rival in homecoming statement Former world champion Liam Paro has put himself back in the frame with a devastating stoppage of American Jonathan Navarro in Cairns.